Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1911, the city hall moved to what once the U.S. Post Office and Customs House, located on the north side of Marietta Street between Forsyth and Fairlie. Purchased from the U.S. federal government by Atlanta mayor Robert Maddox for $70,000 (equivalent to $2.3 million in 2023), this imposing structure served as city hall for nearly twenty years.
The Atlanta City Council (formerly the Atlanta Board of Aldermen until 1974) is the main municipal legislative body for the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.It consists of 16 members: the council president, twelve members elected from districts within the city, and three members representing at-large posts.
The U.S Post Office and Customs House in Atlanta (also Atlanta's City Hall from 1910 to 1930) was a landmark building located on Marietta Street, occupying the block bounded by Marietta, Fairlie, Walton and Forsyth streets in the Fairlie-Poplar district of Downtown Atlanta. The building opened in 1878.
The College Football Hall of Fame relocated to Atlanta and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights museum was constructed. The city of Atlanta was the subject of a massive cyberattack which began in March 2018. [79] In December 2019, Atlanta hosted the Miss Universe 2019 pageant competition.
Atlanta city seal. The city government of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, is composed of a mayor and a body of one councilman from each of 12 districts, a City Council President, and 3 other at-large councilmen: Post 1 representing districts 1-4; Post 2 representing districts 5-8; Post 3 representing districts 9-12
Layout of Atlanta's five wards (1854–1871) The 1848 charter only specified election of six citywide councilmembers, but on January 9, 1854, an ordinance was adopted that divided the town into five wards and two councilmen from each ward would be elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall.
The Atlanta Urban Design Commission was established by city ordinance in 1975. [1] In 1989, the city enacted its current historic preservation ordinance. [1] Since that time, the city has designated more than seventy individual properties and eighteen districts. [1] There are specific criteria for each type of designation. [2]
Statue in front of the old city hall, c. 1910. The location for the monument was selected as the intersection of Marietta Street and Forsyth Street, a location sometimes referred to as "Grady Square". [5] The statue was located adjacent to the U.S. Post Office and Customs House, which for a time would serve as Atlanta City Hall. [6]